- a precarious status-quo
In his latest column, Imad Mesdoua looks at the current situation in Western Sahara in the aftermath of the re-election last month of Mohamed Abdelaziz as chairman of the POLISARIO movement.
- Guy S. Goodwin-Gill (Part 2)
We present the second installment of our interview with Professor Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, an international authority on refugee law, Senior Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and barrister for Blackstone Chambers in London.
- <strong>Comment</strong> | Why I had to say no to Westwood TV
Earlier this month, Lowkey, one of the UK’s leading hip hop artists, turned down an invitation to appear on TimWestwoodTV, the influential YouTube channel hosted by UK Hip Hop’s biggest name. In an exclusive piece, he explains why.
- <strong>Special Report</strong> | Devastating news from Palestine
Livia Bergmeijer reports on the destruction by Israeli bulldozers earlier today of two Palestinian families' homes. This is the latest in a long-running pattern across the occupied territories, whose rate and methods, Bergmeijer argues, betray a policy of gradual ethnic cleansing at work.
- <strong>Counterpoetics</strong> | of the imperishable spirit
January's offering from Ceasefire's poet-in-residence Dominic Fox.
Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Dec 6, 2011 19:38 - 8 Comments
Editorial | Frantz Fanon: Fifty Years On
Fifty years ago, Frantz Fanon, one of the major intellectual figures and revolutionary leaders of the decolonization struggle, passed away. Ceasefire editor-in-chief Hicham Yezza pays tribute to an extraordinary legacy.
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Ideas, New in Ceasefire, Politics - Jan 13, 2012 13:49 - 1 Comment
Comment | Iraq – What was done in our name?
Phil Shiner, one of the UK’s leading human rights lawyers, argues we shouldn’t forget that everything the world community abhors about US military actions, from Guantanamo Bay to this week’s US Marines video scandal, is of a piece with UK policies and practices in Iraq, including, as he documents, the abuse, torture of killing of detainees.
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Irish Times, New in Ceasefire - Jan 17, 2012 16:26 - Comment
Irish Times | Sit-ins, Sabotage and Superdollars
In his latest column, Omayr Ghani reviews the latest news from across the Irish sea.
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New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Jan 19, 2012 15:48 - 1 Comment
Special Report | Some thoughts on the The Fabian New Year Conference
Last weekend’s Fabian new year conference, entitled ‘The Economic Alternative,’ was an early chance to see what kind of opposition the Labour party would offer to the relentless coalition narrative of cuts and austerity in 2012. Ceasefire’s Andrew Fleming reports.
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New in Ceasefire, Sabir on Security - Jan 7, 2012 14:45 - 10 Comments
Sabir on Security | How Police branded OccupyLSX and UKUNCUT as “Terrorists”
Rizwaan Sabir’s investigation of City of London police has unveiled how OccupyLSX protesters routinely featured in its updates on terrorism and extremism. In his latest column, he explains the background and repercussions of the revelations.
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- The Anti Imperialist | Blaming the victim: what the Diane Abbott controversy tells us about institutional racism
- Beautiful Transgressions | The Tide is Turning: from the Feminisation of Poverty to the Feminisation of Resistance
- Palestine is Still the Issue | PLO embrace of Hamas could signal paradigm shift
Arts & Culture, New in Ceasefire - Jan 20, 2012 19:16 - Comment
Exhibition | Anselm Kiefer: Il Mistero delle Cattedrali (White Cube)
For over forty years, the internationally renowned German artist Anselm Kiefer’s works have consistently revisited his country’s relationship with its past. Ceasefire’s Joe Lloyd reviews the White Cube’s ‘Il Mistero delle Cattedrali’, the largest presentation of Kiefer’s work ever made in London.